[WarpCast] Verisign Certificate Expiration for Netscape Navigator and Communicator for OS/2 - 11/30/99 |
PMView: The ultimate in image viewing Major update coming soon! Watch http://www.pmview.com/ for details ********************************************************************* Source: Ava Rodriguez (avarod@us.ibm.com) Moderator: Trevor Smith (trevor@haligonian.com) ------------------------------------------------------- Important Security Alert for Webmasters, Internet Administrators and Users Verisign Certificate Expiration Netscape Communicator 4.05 or earlier include a root certificate set to expire on December 31, 1999. Users of these browsers will experience an additional dialog box when connecting to secure sites after January 1, 2000. This is a user interface issue; root CA certificate expiration does not affect SSL encryption. A user may safely click on continue and proceed with secure transactions. This is not a Y2K issue. In order to eliminate this additional dialog box, the user must upgrade their browser or delete and obtain a new root CA certificate. This applies to Netscape Navigator 2.02 for OS/2 and to Netscape Communicator 4.04 for OS/2 Warp. Netscape Communicator 4.61 for OS/2 Warp has an updated root CA certificate and needs no action. For more information, please see: http://www.ibm.com/software/os/warp/netscape or click on Release Notes under Help on your browser. ------------------------------------------------------- To subscribe, unsubscribe, or for more information on WarpCast, visit: http://www.warpcast.com/ -------------------------------------------------------